Norman Lear

October 15, 1985|By Deanne Brandon

NEW VENTURE. Hollywood executive Norman Lear said Monday he has formed Act III, a new company that will create and buy entertainment and communications businesses. Lear, through Tandem Productions, produced such hit TV series as All in the Family, Sanford & Son, Maude, The Jeffersons and Diff'rent Strokes. When he teamed up later with A. Jerrold Perenchio in Embassy Productions, Tandem became a holding company for syndicating the Lear shows. Embassy created such TV series as The Facts of Life, Silver Spoons and 227.